Google Search Live: Google launched a real-time “Talk and Listen” feature in Search, allowing spoken queries and AI-generated spoken answers for U.S. testers.
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Remote MCP Support in Claude Code: Claude Code now supports remote MCP servers, enabling developers to connect tools and data sources for a more flexible coding experience.
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Midjourney launches V1 AI video generation model:
Midjourney’s first AI video tool, V1, lets users animate images into 5-second video clips (Discord only). This marks a major expansion from image to video for the platform, though it’s not yet text-to-video and is credit-intensive. CEO David Holz notes GPU costs may impact pricing. The launch comes amid copyright lawsuits from Disney and Universal over training data.
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YouTube Shorts to Integrate Veo 3:
YouTube announced that its Shorts platform will roll out Veo 3 for creators this summer, promising improved video quality and audio integration.
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IBM Unified AI Security and Governance Platform:
IBM unveiled a new platform combining Guardium AI Security and watsonx.governance, offering unified security and governance for AI agents at scale. This helps businesses comply with global AI regulations, automate red teaming, and detect hidden threats across cloud and code environments.
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OpenAI’s AI for Biology:
OpenAI detailed how its advanced AI models are accelerating breakthroughs in drug discovery, vaccine design, and enzyme development, while implementing multi-layered safety measures to prevent biothreat misuse.
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The ‘OpenAI Files’ Push for Oversight in the Race to AGI — an archival project by the Midas Project and the Tech Oversight Project, documenting concerns around OpenAI’s governance practices and organizational culture

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Midjourney V1 pricing and GPU usage:
The new video generation model is significantly more GPU-intensive than image generation (videos cost 8x more credits), and pricing may change due to unpredictable GPU costs. Pro and Mega subscribers get unlimited generations in “Relax” mode, but with slower processing.
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NextDC’s AI Factory-Ready Facilities:
NextDC’s new and existing data centers are engineered for the extreme density and performance requirements of advanced AI workloads, supporting up to 600kW per rack with liquid-to-chip cooling for dense GPU clusters and high-performance AI systems
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Apple Uses GenAI to Accelerate Chip Design:
Apple is leveraging generative AI and advanced electronic design automation tools to speed up the design of custom chips, aiming to boost productivity and shorten hardware development cycles.
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NextDC’s Commitment to Sovereign Infrastructure:
KL1 in Kuala Lumpur is being built to Uptime Institute Tier IV Certification, representing the highest global standard for fault tolerance and operational integrity. The facility is positioned as a foundational platform for the AI economy in Southeast Asia, supporting data sovereignty and compliance with regional regulations.
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Spanish Grid Blackout:
The Spanish government blamed grid operator Red Eléctrica for the recent Iberian blackout, citing miscalculation of daily power capacity needs.
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Orange & Ericsson Network Slicing:
Orange has selected Ericsson to scale up network slicing, enhancing sovereign and secure connectivity for enterprise and government clients.
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Microsoft’s $80B Data Center Expansion:
Microsoft is reallocating resources and cutting thousands of sales jobs to focus on AI growth, with a planned $80 billion capital expenditure, primarily for expanding data center capacity to meet AI demand.
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Meta’s $100 million AI job offers to OpenAI employees:
Meta is aggressively recruiting top AI engineers from OpenAI, reportedly offering up to $100 million signing bonuses. Meta recently invested $14.3 billion for a 49% stake in Scale AI and recruited CEO Alexandr Wang to run a new superintelligence lab. This is part of Meta’s push to compete with OpenAI and other leading AI labs.
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Base44, a solo-owned AI coding startup, sells to Wix for $80M:
The six-month-old company, focused on “vibe coding,” was acquired for $80 m in cash.
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TerraPower Closes $650M Fundraise:
Advanced nuclear developer TerraPower raised $650 million, with backing from Nvidia, and expects regulatory approval for its Natrium reactor in 2026.
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CVC Capital’s £500M Bid for Manx Telecom:
CVC Capital is reportedly pursuing a £500 million acquisition of Manx Telecom.
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Chile and Google Submarine Cable:
Chile and Google will lay the first submarine cable connecting Chile to Oceania, enhancing global connectivity.
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Tarana Wireless & Microsoft Broadband Initiative:
Tarana Wireless and Microsoft are partnering to deploy next-generation fixed wireless access (ngFWA) broadband to underserved communities in Africa.
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Meta Hires AI Investors and Buys Part of NFDG:
Meta is hiring Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross—AI-focused VCs—and is partially buying out their fund, NFDG, to strengthen its AI investment pipeline.
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Humain AI Forms New Divisions:
Saudi Arabia’s Humain AI is launching new divisions focused on ads and gaming, signaling expansion and fresh investment in the AI startup sector.
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DNMiner’s Green Cloud Mining Platform
Launched June 16: DNMiner rolled out an AI-driven, renewable-energy–optimized cloud mining service that dynamically shifts hashing workloads to the cleanest power sources, cutting carbon footprints while maximizing crypto yields.

Operant AI’s MCP Gateway
Unveiled June 16: Operant AI released the MCP Gateway, a hardened security layer for Model Context Protocol applications that thwarts data exfiltration and adversarial tampering in live AI deployments.

LambdaTest Accessibility MCP Server
Announced June 16: LambdaTest introduced its Accessibility MCP Server, embedding AI-powered accessibility checks directly into CI/CD pipelines to automatically detect and remediate web-app compliance issues (e.g., screen-reader support, keyboard navigation).

Skyhawk Security’s Cloud CDR Partner Program
Kicked off June 16: Skyhawk Security launched a partner ecosystem around its AI-powered cloud threat detection and response (CDR) platform, enabling integrators to deliver proactive remediation across complex multicloud environments.

Nanobrowser’s Natural-Language Automation Extension
Released June 17: Nanobrowser debuted its free Chrome extension, letting users automate intricate browser tasks—like data collection, competitor research, and social-media management—through simple Gemini-powered natural-language commands.

Midjourney’s I2V Video Generation V1
Rolled out June 18: Midjourney launched its first image-to-video model, enabling users to animate still images into 5-second clips (up to 20 seconds), complete with camera movements specified via prompts.